Love is a relational term, requiring both subject and object (someone loves someone else). Because God is triune, the divine reality already comprehends both love’s subject and object. The Father loved the Son and the Son loved the Father and this love between the Father and the Son is the Holy Spirit which is the Spirit of love. Therefore the essence of God lies in the relationship between the Father and the Son (love) which is the Spirit. In all eternity God is the social Trinity, the community of love.